A meeting of a group of ministers deliberated on containment and management strategies Even as the Centre on Thursday announced a ₹15,000-crore covid-19 emergency response and health system preparedness package for states, as many as 587 fresh cases were reported from across India on Thursday.
The total number of cases now stands at 6,280, with 37 fatalities on Thursday, the highest so far, taking the total death toll to 200.
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi continued to bear the maximum load of the disease in the country, with 1,364, 834, and 720 cases, respectively.
A high-level meeting of the group of ministers (GoM) on covid-19 was held on Thursday, chaired by Union minister of health and family welfare Harsh Vardhan.